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title: "2 Understand Beautiful Quotes By Mira Bartok"
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> [ “He \[Nicolaus Steno\] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/he-nicolaus-steno-told-the-audience-beautiful-is-what-we-see-more/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/mira-bartok-30930_beauty_he-nicolaus-steno-told-the-audience-beau_1411442.png)

> [“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do comprehend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful-is-what-we-understand-most/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

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## More by Mira Bartok

> [Who am I, then, if my memory is impaired?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/who-am-i-then-if-my-memory-is-impaired/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/some-of-my-old-memories-feel-trapped-in-amber-in-my-brain-lucid-and/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [“What will life be like without her? I am dreadfully sad she is leaving. What if she just disappears; gets tired of all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/what-will-life-be-like-without-her-i-am-dreadfully-sad-she-is-leaving/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [We humans are different - our brains are built not to fix memories in stone but rather to transform them, our recollections in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/we-humans-are-different-our-brains-are-built-not-to-fix-memories-in/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/eloquent-and-moving-an-extraordinary-testament-to-the-enduring-power/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [Children of the mentally ill learn early on how not to be a bother, especially if they grew up with neglect. As my sister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/children-of-the-mentally-ill-learn-early-on-how-not-to-be-a-bother/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [“At the bottom of the box were two big fairy-tale collections our father had sent us sometime after our parents divorced in 1963. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/at-the-bottom-of-the-box-were-two-big-fairy-tale-collections-our/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [ “He \[Nicolaus Steno\] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/he-nicolaus-steno-told-the-audience-beautiful-is-what-we-see-more/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do comprehend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/beautiful-is-what-we-see-more-beautiful-is-what-we-understand-most/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [We children of schizophrenics are the great secret keepers, the ones who don't want you to think that anything is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/we-children-of-schizophrenics-are-the-great-secret-keepers-the-ones/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/candid-and-searing-deborah-jiang-stein-s-memoir-is-a-remarkable-story/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [“Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel says we are who we are because of what we learn and what we remember. Who am I, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/nobel-prize-winning-neuroscientist-eric-kandel-says-we-are-who-we-are/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/i-felt-held-hostage-by-her-illness-and-by-the-backward-mental-health/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [My dog, Ginger, is jumpy-like me-sensitive to sound and sudden movement. She wasn't that way at first, but not long after we got her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/my-dog-ginger-is-jumpy-like-me-sensitive-to-sound-and-sudden-movement/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

> [“Memory, if it is anything at all, is unreliable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-bartok/memory-if-it-is-anything-at-all-is-unreliable/)

[Mira Bartok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-bartok/)

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